The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the most prestigious awards in the film industry. It is given to the film that is judged to be the best of the year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The award was first given in 1929, and has been awarded annually since then.
The 1978 Academy Awards were held on April 9, 1979, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. The Best Picture award went to “The Deer Hunter”, a film about a group of friends who are sent to fight in the Vietnam War. The film was directed by Michael Cimino and starred Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, and John Savage.
